The Oakland A’s got swept in their opening series of 2021, and everything went wrong. Their rotation got knocked around, their bullpen did too, the lineup barely scored, and the defense made too many mistakes. It was ugly.
But really, not everything went wrong. Even when a baseball team loses, someone usually did something good along the way. That’s certainly true of last weekend’s A’s.
Here are a few things that went right during the sweep.
Olson leads MLB in exit velocity
Slugging 1B Matt Olson didn’t pop any dingers against the Houston Astros, but he made some incredible contact.